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The Zamfara State chapter of the Association of People affected by leprosy has cried out over the stigmatization of its members. Addressing newsmen at his office in Gusau, the State capital, the chairman of the Association, Shehu Abdulahi S/Fada lamented that people of the state were avoiding people affected by leprosy. He demanded that the people affected by leprosy and other forms of deformities should be included in the system, adding that they should be given equal treatment. “I was affected by leprosy when I was in primary school until I finished my higher Institution, people were still a…